Astrology and Popular Religion in the Modern West: Prophecy, Cosmology, and the New Age MovementAshgate, 2012 - 254 من الصفحات This book explores an area of contemporary religion, spirituality and popular culture which has not so far been investigated in depth, the phenomenon of astrology in the modern west. Locating modern astrology historically and sociologically in its religious, New Age and millenarian contexts, Nicholas Campion considers astrology's relation to modernity and draws on extensive fieldwork and interviews with leading modern astrologers to present an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the origins and nature of New Age ideology. This book challenges the notion that astrology is either 'marginal' or a feature of postmodernism. Concluding that astrology is more popular than the usual figures suggest, Campion argues that modern astrology is largely shaped by New Age thought, influenced by the European Millenarian tradition, that it can be seen as an heir to classical Gnosticism and is part of the vernacular religion of the modern west. |
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... reasons given for the various answers . Of the respondents who ticked ' yes ' , most defined astrology as something they ... reason for belief also pointed to the truth of astrology : ' I am convinced of the truth of astrology ' , ' The ...
... reasons given for the various answers . Of the respondents who ticked ' yes ' , most defined astrology as something they ... reason for belief also pointed to the truth of astrology : ' I am convinced of the truth of astrology ' , ' The ...
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... reason to answer ' yes ' . The statement ' I don't believe , I know ' , cited as a reason for belief , now becomes a reason why the question cannot be answered . Eight respondents cited as reasons their personal experience of astrology ...
... reason to answer ' yes ' . The statement ' I don't believe , I know ' , cited as a reason for belief , now becomes a reason why the question cannot be answered . Eight respondents cited as reasons their personal experience of astrology ...
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... reason is on the retreat . The remarkable rise of Feng Shui shows that nowadays people will believe anything , no matter how strange or ludicrous'.13 Another UK journalist , Melanie Phillips , expressed similar opinions . In 2008 she ...
... reason is on the retreat . The remarkable rise of Feng Shui shows that nowadays people will believe anything , no matter how strange or ludicrous'.13 Another UK journalist , Melanie Phillips , expressed similar opinions . In 2008 she ...
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The Pursuit of the Millennium | 13 |
The Age of Aquarius | 21 |
The New | 29 |
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